Combined cigarette case and vanity box



June 4, 1929.- A. HAGEL 1,716,051 I COMBINED CIGARETTE CASE AND VANITY BOX Filed Aug. 25, 1928 //7 vew for Patented June 4, 1929.

UNITED STATES ALBERT HAGEL, or NEWARK NEW- JERSEY, nssiciionrocniisn ,C O MP AN IES me, 1 or WATERBURY, coNNEcTIcUnn. CORPORATION.

COMBINED CIGARETTE CASE AND VANITY BOX.

Application filed August 25, 1928. Serial No. 301,953.

My invention relates to an improved combined cigarette case and vanity box, the object being to produce a light, compact, convenient and attractive article for ladies use.

With this object in view, my invention consists in a combined cigarette case and vanity box having certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings;

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a combined cigarette case and vanity box embodying my invention, shown on a reduced scale;

Fig. 2 is a view of the lower end there-- of;

Fig. 3 is a view on the full scale of the article as opened;

Fig. 4. is a view of the lower end of the article as opened;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional View on the line 55 of Fig. 1, the inverted slidingclosure of the cigarette-compartment being partly opened;

Fig. 6 is a broken sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a detached view of the slidingclosure of the cigarette-compartment; and

Fig. 8 is an edge View thereof.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I produce a rectangular struck-up sheet-metal box-body 10 and a corresponding but shallower cover 11 therefor, these parts being united by integral interlocking hingeknuckles 12 receiving a pintle 13. The said box-body is struck up to form in its plane an offsetting-shoulder 14 located well below its open edge and forming a support for a mirror 15, by preference consisting of a plate of highly-polished metal which is used in preference to silvered glass for its lightness and economy ofspace over the same. This mirror is held against outward displacement by bumps 16 produced by inward- 1y upsetting the metal of the flange 17 of the box-body at a point slightly above the plane of the shoulder 14 thereof. The mirror 15 thus arranged discharges the additional function of providing the inner wall of a cigarette-compartment 18 which has a loading-and-discharge opening 19 formed in the inner corner of the lower end of the body 10 and normally closed by a slidingclosure 20 consisting of a narrow plate of metal bearing upon the inner face of the said lower end of the box-body and held in place and operated by means of a rivet 21 passing through a slot 22 in the said lower end of the box-body. By engaging the headed end of the rivet by the nails of the'thumb and forefinger, the closure is very readily moved into its open and closed positions against the restraint of suflicient friction to keep it normally closed. As thus installed, the mirror is well below the edge of the flange 17 of the box-body and is, therefore, in a well protected position.

The shallow cover 11 of the article is struck up from sheet-metal. and receives a rectangular sheet-metal mounting-frame 23 having its edges 24 turned inwardly at a right angle and adapted in depth to rest upon the bottom or outer wall of the cover so as to position the frame therein with its face projecting a trifle beyond the edge of the cover to form a shoulder 25 which shuts within the edge of the flange 17 of the boxbody so as to take the strain from the hinges when the body and cover are closed together. A circular opening 26 formed in the frame receives a shallow circular powder-receptacle 27, while a corresponding but smaller opening 28 formed in the said frame receives a similar but smaller rouge-receptacle 29. The frame 23 is also cut out as at 30 to form a pocket for the reception of the re-' movable lip-stick holder 31 which may be of any approved construction.

The flanged outer edge of the cover is provided with a spring-catch 32 co-acting with a notch 33 in the flange 17 of the boxbody, whereby the same and the cover are held closed. The space 34 formed within't-he flange 17 and above the mirror 15 provides ample space for the powder and rouge pufi's of wool or other material provided for the ATENT oFFice.

application of the powder and rouge, these puffs not being shown herein.

As thus constructed, my improved toilet tween the said mirror and the bottom of the said box-body, acigarette l0ading;anddischarge opening formedf'fin the lower end of the box-body at one corner thereof for.

5 the successive introduction and removal of cigarettes fi'orn the said cigarette-con1parta flanged mounting-frame installed in the saidcover of the article, and alclasp for normally securing. the box body and cover together in their closed positions.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

ALBERT HAGEL. 

